I do want to apologize to Angie if I
offended. I certainly didn’t mean to single her out. On the
other hand, I do feel strongly that the environmental movement is one of the
main reasons it costs me and my friends more than we can pay to go to all the
rides I’d like to take. But, that’s just my opinion. I daily thank
my fortune that I live in a land where I can express it. For what it’s
worth, Angie, I’m sorry.
From: Advantage
Saddles [mailto:owensall@xxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:30
PM To: Smith, Dave Subject: Re: [RC] Tree Huggers
I liked your post, even if Angie McGee
isn't a tree hugger. Sure stirred up the lefties ;}
Katee
Smith, Dave wrote:
Angie, I imagine you are a very nice,
well-meaning person, but with all due respect, you “tree huggers”
are among the main reasons the cost of gasoline has gotten to the point that
many of us can no longer afford to drive to many of the rides we would love to
join. You tree huggers, and the politicians in your pockets, have opposed at
every step the building of new energy infrastructure, like refineries,
off-loading ports, and nuclear energy so that today we are incredibly
vulnerable to interruptions in our energy supplies brought on by political
upheaval in the Mideast and natural calamities
such as Katrina here at home. You say that the modern technology
needed to tap into the vast oil fields of Alaska,
off-coast California and Utah
would “rape” these states’ natural resources. But
wasn’t that the same dire warnings you “tree huggers” issued
when it came to building the Alaska Pipeline 30 years ago? All
kinds of mean, nasty things were predicted and almost none ever
materialized. According to the tree huggers, the caribou would no longer
be able to migrate, great swaths of land would be rendered lifeless due to oil
spills, etc. etc. Yet, the caribou are thriving today, along with the
rest of Alaska’s
wildlife, which coexists with the pipeline. How is it that in your minds,
oil has become so evil, when, thanks to oil people live longer and better than
ever before in history. Maybe you would like to return to the days when human
and animal power were our only forms of energy. But I bet most of us
wouldn’t want to join you.
